Valerie

Book Four of the To'Ach'an Cycle

The war was over, and they had won. Now they could organize the peace. They knew the tranquil times had finally arrived. Even their self-aware starships and their telepathic friends, the Pixies, agreed. Peace had prevailed. Too bad they had never been more wrong. Soon they would need a hero, but heroes are never there when you need them. Besides, everyone knows heroes are big, and strong, and male. Well, aren’t they? They certainly aren’t moody and cute and snarky little brats. That would never do. Thanks, but we’ll just use one of the heroes we already have. This is the fourth book in the saga of the To'Ach'an, the Empire, the independent, self-aware ships, and even their new allies, the telepathic race known as Pixies on Earth.

virtual voice narration sucks

the story is possible but not great. a bit chaotic. the narration made it worse. no change in voice between characters or even gender. but my biggest peeve about it is numbers.

20,000. a human would read this as twenty thousand. The AI read it as twenty comma oh oh oh.... not even zero but oh!